It isn't confirmed, but kind of hinted at.Interesting revelation there at the end; it was something I've long suspected but has not been confirmed in the books.
From my understanding, season four has parts of book three, four and possibly five. If you've read the books, you know book four is the slowest book. I'm guessing they are going to be adding a few things here and there to make up for the slow parts of book four.On the other hand ... [Book & TV spoilers follow]
[sblock]With the whole of the book series to draw from, did they really need to invent Jon Snow's expedition to Craster's as well as Bran's capture by the mutineers? Now it seems like they're padding a story that doesn't need padding.[/sblock]
If you thought that was creepy, I suggest you don't read the books. Far worse stuff goes on in there.This episode may have been the strongest they pushed the idea of couples of wildly different age. Of course, it's a part of history (and still a part of life for some), but the whole Littlefinger/Sansa dynamic and the Margaery/Tommen introduction both took a new turn towards the creepy.
I figure that is the case; I understand that many of the child characters have been aged up for the screen.If you thought that was creepy, I suggest you don't read the books. Far worse stuff goes on in there.
I read an article a while back where Martin mentioned that his idea of the white walkers was closer to the Sidhe, but made of ice or something like that. They are actually supposed to be beautiful, but they were changed, for some reason, for the show. Actully, it seems they have been changed in the show as well. The first shot of a white walker we see was in an early season. I think it may have been season one or two? Then they showed another shot of a white walker riding by Sam which was different than the first one shown. This latest version seems closer to the one that Sam saw, but with some changes. I'm betting the next time we see them they'll look like Ben Affleck dressed as Batman but made of ice.The Walkers though...I'm enjoying how more and more it seems that Martin is dipping into the folklore regarding the Sidhe, the Seelie, and the Unseelie. The Walkers certainly remind me of Unseelie Sidhe, especially with the legends of them stealing children and replacing them with changelings.